Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Proposes Comp Coverage for Domestic Workers | 01/19/2022 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Domestic workers would be eligible for workers’ compensation coverage, under a bill introduced in the Virginia General Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Opens Registration for Workplace Safety Conference | 01/18/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation opened registration for the Ohio Safety Congress & Expo being held online March 9-10. The program will o...Read More | |||
| Bills Propose Amendments on Social Security, Horseplay | 01/14/2022 | ||
| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A series of bills were introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives proposing amendments to workers’ compensation standards. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Require WCB to Translate Certain Documents | 01/14/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers’ Compensation Board would be required to translate forms and informational documents, under a pair of bills introduced in the state Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Accused of $1.1M Premium Fraud Scheme | 01/13/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that a Houston business owner was charged with perpetrating a seven-year scheme to evade $1.1 million in workers’ compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address IME Rights | 01/13/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Bills introduced in the Washington State Legislature would establish workers’ rights during independent medical evaluations. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address Attorney Fees, Deadline to Appoint Uninsured Employers Fund | 01/13/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Bills introduced in the New York Legislature would require written applications for attorney fees in some workers’ compensation cases and revise a law passed in 2021 to give the Workers’ Compensation Board more time to appoint the Uninsured Employers Fund as the responsible party...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Post-Accident Drug Testing | 01/11/2022 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A measure introduced ahead of the legislative session starting Wednesday would require that Virginia employers conduct post-accident drug testing. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose Presumption Against Voluntary Withdrawal From Labor Market | 01/11/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| New York law would presume that an injured worker who has not refused an offer of reemployment has not voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market, under bills referred to committees in both chambers of the Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Allow More Providers to Treat Injured Workers | 01/10/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Bills that would allow acupuncturists, occupational therapy assistants and physical therapist assistants to treat injured workers are back before New York lawmakers this year, as is a bill that would allow clinical social workers to provide services that would be covered by comp. ...Read More | |||
